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Adenauer's Election Prospect Brighter After Soviet Blast By PETER WEBB UniUd Pres Correipondent Berlin- iw Election pros pects looked brighter today for West German Chancellor Kon rad Adenauer as a result of the savage attack made on him by Soviet Communist leader Nikita Khrushchev. Western observers, who heard Khrushchev lambaste Adenauer during his recent East German tour, believe the attacks which ranged from comparing Ade nauer with Adolf Hitler to warn ing that he was leading Ger many along the road to war have virtually clinched the Sept. 15 elections in Adenauer's favor. They believe the attacks, couched in some of the strongest language one head of state has ever used in critizing another, will boomerang in Adenauer's favor among the West German ectorate. There is a school of thought which be litres this was exactly what the Soviets intended, as they are unwilling at the mo ment to negotiate with a Social ist government over the reuni fication of Germany. , Bad Stand Clear The Soviet leaders made it clear during their seven-day East German tour Aug. 7-14 that they are determined to maintain the division of Germany and to back the east zone satellite state with all their power. Their eventual am is the takeover of all Germany and its incorporation into the east bloc. In the meantime, attacks on Adenauer as 3 "warmonger and imperialist tool" enable the So viets to claim that it is impossi ble to negoiate with him, and thereby to perpetuate the status quo until they are ready to make their next move. Even before Khrushchev had lashed out at Adenauer, the elec tion balance had swung in his favor. Most political experts believe that Adenauer will be returned for his third successive term since 1949, although perhaps with a reduced majority. Holds Absolut Majority At present Adenauer's Chris tion Democait party holds an absolute giajority in the Bunde stag (lower house) with 253 seats, compared to 153 Social ists, 37 Free Democrats, 19 Ref ugee party and tlee independ ents. In the September election, at least 494 stats will be contested, exactly half of them by direct election if? the 247 constituen cies. The remainder will be set tled by proportional representa tion. Victory for the 82-year-old chancellor will give him 12 straight years in office if he completes the fir-year term. This has been one of the main election arguments by the oppo sition Socialists, who claim that 12 years is too long for any one man to govft-n the country. Thejr theme is "It's time for a change." They also say his election will end all hope of German reuni fication, and expos? Western Germany to a further period of cold war. In reply, Adenauer has turned his big guns on the "Socialists, vitually ignoring the smaller parties, and lias warned in sev eral major campaign speeches that their victory in the elec tions would mean the "downfall of Germany." Attacks Socialist Promises He has Oattacked Socialist promises that they would "re examine" West Germany's mem bership in the NATO pact, and warned bluntly that a Socialist government would take the country down the road to Com munism. Most of the campaign so far has been fought on foreign pol- 'Shasta' Detonated By AEC Sunday Atomic Test Site, Nev. Wl Adverse weather conditions ear ly today prevented the Atomic Energy commission from getting back on schedule with the trig gering of a small-sized nuclear device. Scientists were forced to post pone ipr 24 hours detonation of a devote, duhbed "Doppler," be cause of strong winds and ft rain storm at the Nevada Proving grounds. The test was resched uled for 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. It was to be the second nu clear explosion in two days. The AEC Sunday finally fired its oft postponed "Shasta" device. The test had been postponed a record number of 19 times be cause of unfavorable weather and technical problems. The AEC had hoped to get back on its summer test sched ule by detonating "Doppler" from a balloon 1,500 feet over the desert. It was to be the 13th blast in the series. Sunday's shot sent a vivid orange then purplish cloud mushrooming 30.000 feet in the pre-dawn sky. The AEC said only "light fallout" resulted from the blast triggered atop a 500-foot steel tower. The shot released a power equal to 10,000 tons of TNT. icy issues, all of them revolving around the reunification prob lem. The Socialists, led by Erich Ollenhauer, say that only a new, flexible approach envisaging the possible withdrawal of West Germany from NATO and the negotiation of a European secu rity pact can hope to wring concessions from the Russians. Adenauer, in reply, says that only West Germany's alliances with the Western powers save it from falling into Soviet hands, and that eventually the Soviets will be forced by their own in ternal problems to relax then grip on the east zone. At present, as far as foreign observers can predict, most West Germans appear to agree with "Der Alte" (the old one) as the chancellor is known. Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Hollywood James Craig, former assistant manager of Grau man's Chinese theater, on Maureen O'Hara's statement she was out of the country at the time of an alleged torrid tryst in the theater: "It occurred approximately in November of 1953. Therefore, there could be a month or two in either direction." Oswego, N.Y. Horace Nunn of Newark, N.Y., on a tunnel ex plosion under Lake Ontario which look three lives: "I was knocked end over end by the blast. Then I thought of lh three guys at the front of the tunnel but I couldn't find tham. I realized the air was very bad so I turned back." New York Harry Bridges, West Coast Longshoremen's Union president on James R. Hoffa as a possible successor to Teamsters President Da e Beck: "If he (Hclfa) makes the presidency of the Teamsters union it will be helpful to labor, not harmful." Washington A government health spokesman, cautioning vic tims of "Lou Gherig's disease" or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) against false hope: "To the best of our knowledge, there is no known cure for ALS, nor is there a treatment which is fully effective." New York Dorothy May, 16-year-old backwoods beauty, pro testing against being called "nature girl": "I hate it. It sounds like I live in a cave and bite the heads off snakes." Funds Made Available For Survey Work in Rogue River Basin Washington, D.C. Congress man Charles O. Porter (D.-Ore.) announced this week end that funds have now been made available for every Army engi neer examination and survey which has been authorized by Congress for the 4th Congres sional district. Porter was notified by Briga dier General J. L. Person, chief of civil works in the Washing ton, D.C, office of the chief of Army engineers, that allocations have been made for all six sur veys on the list for southwestern Oregon, including three which had not been included in the President's budget request for fiscal year 1953. General Person described the allocations as "tentative" be cause of the fact that the Presi dent has not yet signed the Pub lic Works Appropriations act, passed by both Houses of Con gress more than a week ago and sent to the White House. Delay Not Unusual "However, the delay is not 9-Inch Dolls fl 1 Two small cuddly pals for bedtime. They're 9 inches high, the righ size for a tot to hold. Just 2 flat pieces make a doll; garment patch appliqued on. Pattern 7160: transfer pattern of 2 dolls and dress applique. Hai straw yarn or worsted. Send Thirty-iive Cents (coins) for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for lst-class mail ing. Send to Medford Mail Trib une, Household Arts Dept., P.O. Box 168. Old Chelsea Station, New York 11. N.Y. Print plain ly NAME ADDRESS, PATTERN NUMBER. A bonus for our readers: two FREE patterns, printed in our new Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book for 1957! Plus a variety of designs to order crochet, knit ting, embrodiery, huck weaving, toys, dolls, others. Send 25 cents for your copy of this needlecraft book now! unusual," said Porter. "The President has 10 days in which to act after passage of a bill by Congress." Largest allocation among the six items is for the widely-discussed "Rogue River and Tribu taries Survey Report," a flood control examination by the corps of engineers. The alloca tion for fiscal year 1958 for this report is $40,000, enough, ac cording to General Person to complete the report. The total expenditure for the report by the end of the current fiscal year was $70,000. "The report is being awaited by local interests in the Rogue River area, most'of whom," said Porter, "have agreed to abide by its recommendations on the type of flood control projects to be constructed on the river." Congressman Porter has also agreed to modify his Rogue River basin project bill, H.R. 9030, to conform to the engi neers' report, when completed, if it should conflict with present provisions of the bill. The funds for the Rogue River survey completion were not in cluded in the President's budget, partly through an oversight on the part of the corps of engi neers, but a strong plea for the additional funds was made to the appropriate committees by Porter and by other members of the Oregon Democratic delegation. Washington Woman Found Early Today Goldendale, Wash. (IP) Mrs. Betsy Leathers, 70, White Sal mon, Wash., was found early to day after being lost in the Burnt Peak area on Mt. Adams for 13 hours. Klickitat county sheriff's dep uties said Mrs. Leathers disap peared while berry picking with her neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Jack Duus of White Salmon. The trio went huckleberry picking early Sunday morning and Mrs. Leathers became sep arated from the couple about 10 a.m. A rescue party of about 40 be gan immediate rescue operations and she was found about 13 hours later, semi-conscious and had to be carried out by stretcher. The incident occurred about three miles west from where Richard Craig, 5, Harrah, Wash., was lost Thursday. The boy was found by searchers Saturday. Sailors Held for Killing Seattle Man Seattle (!fi Police said Sun day two sailors stationed aboard the aircraft carrier Shangri-La at Bremerton had admitted be ing involved in the fatal beating of John J. Tansey, 61, Seattle, Friday night. David Joiner Jr., 21, and George Mass, 21, were being held without charge along -with six other men who officers said denied any knowledge of the beating and robbery. Tansey was beaten by four men who tried to rob him in front of a hotel here. The first school of dentistry in the world was in Bainbridge, Ohio. Monday, August 19, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN 4 BIG FREE PARKING LOTS IN BACK OF STORE (GM)(EIETIEIMI SIXTH and GRAPE . Mr mm it I fif Lb. Can C and H PURE CANE SUGAR an 10-lb. SACK J SAVE 14e You don't have to waste your precious time and gasoline shopping around for bargains. Just come down town to the Groceteria park in our big free parking lot. You will be aMe to buy all the worthwhile bargains advertised in the Medford area as well as Groceteria's own with o only, one shopping stop. So-Why Hot Save Time and Money Both? Do All Your Shopping at Medford's Downtown Super Market -THE GROCETERIA - FAMOUS COFFEE BRANDS HILLS BROS. 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